Market Class: Small Green Lentil
Year Released to Select Seed Growers: 2014
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: SeCan
International Distribution Rights: FP Genetics
Breeder: Dr. Albert Vandenberg, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
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Description
CDC Kermit is a high-yielding, small green lentil with improved lodging tolerance. It has similar plant characteristics and seed to CDC Viceroy but is higher yielding. CDC Kermit is not imidazolinone tolerant. It is well-suited to the Dark Brown and Brown soil zone regions that produce green lentils. In nine years of testing in the co-op and regional trials in Saskatchewan, it yielded 104% of CDC Maxim in the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones, and 99% in the Black and Dark Grey zones, making it the highest yielding small green lentil (Table 1). CDC Kermit has PBR’91 protection.
Strengths
- Improved yield vs. CDC Maxim
- Highest yielding small green lentil
- Good lodging tolerance
- Good resistance to Ascochyta blight and Anthracnose
Neutral
- Early-mid maturity
- Seed characteristics similar to CDC Viceroy and CDC Imvincible
Weaknesses
- Not tolerant to imidazolinone herbicides
Table 1: Agronomic Performance for CDC Kermit from Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan
| VARIETY | MARKET CLASS | HERBICIDE TOLERANCE | YEAR OF RELEASE | YEARS TESTED | YIELD % OF CDC MAXIM | DISEASE RESISTANCE | DAYS TO FLOWER | HEIGHT (CM) | MATURITY RATING | SEED WEIGHT (G/1000) | ||
| AREA 1-2* | AREA 3-4* | ASCOCHYTA | ANTHRACNOSE (RACE 1) | |||||||||
| CDC MAXIM | SMALL RED | CL | 2007 | 12 | 100 | 100 | GOOD | GOOD | 51 | 34 | EARLY-MID | 40 |
| CDC VICEROY | SMALL GREEN | 2004 | 6 | 97 | 98 | GOOD | GOOD | 49 | 34 | EARLY | 33 | |
| CDC IMVINCIBLE | SMALL GREEN | CL | 2009 | 12 | 92 | 80 | GOOD | GOOD | 49 | 33 | EARLY | 34 |
| CDC ASTERIX | EXTRA SMALL GREEN | 2012 | 10 | 96 | 93 | GOOD | FAIR | 48 | 30 | EARLY | 26 | |
| CDC KERMIT | SMALL GREEN | 2014 | 9 | 104 | 99 | GOOD | GOOD | 49 | 36 | EARLY-MID | 34 | |
Source: Varieties of Grain Crops (SaskSeed Guide)
*Area 1&2: Brown and Dark Brown soil zones; Area 3&4: Black and Dark Grey soil zones
Figure 1. Direct comparison of CDC Kermit (exp. name 3592-13) vs. CDC Viceroy
